Kenya drops Worldcoin probe — ‘No further police action’

Decentralized finance is far and away the hottest topic in crypto, touted as a way to make a fortune by backing the right token, but also a tool for taking the crypto you were hodling in a cold wallet and set it to work earning interest at extraordinary rates.There’s a reason DeFi has grown so…

The addition of the Coinbase co-founder to Fireblocks’ board followed a $30 million funding round. 2097 Total views 12 Total shares Digital asset security platform Fireblocks announced that it would be adding Fred Ehrsam to its board following a recent funding round.In a Nov. 18 statement, Fireblocks said that Ehrsam, co-founder of crypto exchange Coinbase,…

Governor of New Jersey Phil Murphy recently signed bill S2297, which is an act to create a so-dubbed New Jersey Blockchain Initiative Task Force. The purpose of the task force is purportedly to study blockchain solutions for the benefit of the state.The news that Murphy passed this bill comes by way of an announcement on…

Ethereum (ETH) blockchain-focused development company ConsenSys has invested in an infrastructure investment startup, Allinfra, according to a press release shared with Cointelegraph on Feb. 21.As per the announcement, ​Allinfra will rely in part on ConsenSys’ technological capabilities and expertise in the tokenized assets area. The exact amount of the investment has not been disclosed.Allinfra facilitates…

New York-based crypto exchange Gemini opened its local office in Dublin, Ireland, last year. Now, it is granted with a VASP license. 50 Total views 2 Total shares New York-based crypto trading platform Gemini claims to be the first one to get registered as a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) by the Central Bank of…

Italian luxury sports car brand Lamborghini is using Salesforce Blockchain to authenticate heritage Lamborghini cars. Salesforce, a major global customer relationship management firm, announced on Nov. 19 that Lamborghini can now trace, certify and authenticate heritage cars faster and more securely using its blockchain platform.Launched in May 2019, Salesforce’s Hyperledger-based blockchain platform will now be…

Hardware cryptocurrency wallet manufacturer Ledger has secured 2.6 million euro ($2.9 million) from electronics giant Samsung, a company spokesperson told Cointelegraph on April 24.While the Ledger spokesperson confirmed the investment, no further details beyond the initial investment amount were provided.The news follows the appointment of Pascal Gauthier, the firm’s former president, as its new CEO.…

Ether price has rallied 114% since March 13 and the altcoin could be on the verge of rallying higher.  Increased activity on the Ethereum blockchain and the approaching ETH 2.0 launch appear to be bolstering Ether price and these factors could also benefit Bitcoin’s price action.Unlike Ether (ETH), the Bitcoin (BTC) price is seeing a…

The European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets legislation could create an easier environment for exchanges to operate in, according to Binance’s vice president of Europe. 431 Total views 5 Total shares Smaller cryptocurrency exchanges and start-ups could benefit from the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-assets (MiCA) regulation, according to Martin Bruncko, Binance’s executive vice president of…